I’ve seen some on social media go into a tailspin over the recent revelations about Ravi Zacharias. The revelations have hit many hard—they’ve hit me hard. The trouble is that this kind of disappointment in a renowned spiritual leader can make some wonder, if they can’t trust that leader, what else might they be wrong […]
If I Can’t Trust Ravi, Then What Else Isn’t True? Read More »
If Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Bill Gates, who alternate between who is the richest man in the world, told you that if you did not eat anything for a while and kept it to yourself that he would reward you, would you take him up on it? I’ve asked a lot of people this
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There’s a verse in the Bible that has scared me since I was thirteen years old—and it still scares me. The verse that scares me is 1 Timothy 1:19-20: “keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so
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One way many strive to calm their fear of death is to “live in the moment,” or live in the present. The idea is simple: if you focus your awareness on the present moment then you won’t be thinking about the fact that you will one day die. Living in the moment and mindfulness meditation
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Over the years I’ve learned that many Christians believe that there are many good non-Christians After all, if you actually know some good non-Christians, then there must be good non-Christians, right? That’s not what Jesus thought and that humans outside of Christ aren’t good is the second most untaught doctrine in American Christianity (second only
Is It True that There Are Good Non-Christians? Read More »
Monday I began this series talking about that if you’re allowing unrepentant sexual sin to exist in your life then you’re probably not saved. Yesterday, I posted about “A Sure-Fire Way to Stop Looking at Porn.” In that post I shared how I discipline myself not to lust. But, there’s so much more than that.
We Were Born to Lust–It’s What We Do With It Read More »
Yesterday I posted that true Christians cannot go on living in unrepentant sexual sin, but Christians need help! Here’s my story. The first time I found porn at six or seven-years-old, I thought we could be friends for life. From then on, my “forts” were as full of porn as I could find (I should
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Often on TV, Jean and I have seen people proclaim that they are Christians, that “my faith is very important to me,” and talk openly about Jesus, but they say these things while they are living in overt, unrepentant sexual sin. Hopefully, that’s not you. But if it is, then you probably aren’t saved, and,
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If you look at my past posts you’ll find that I tend to avoid anything political but if a political/economic theory contradicts Christian theology, then that needs to be exposed. One such theory is Marxism. I can’t think of a political/economic theory that has failed more resoundingly than Marxism. Although Marxism always fails, it is
Why Marxism Always Fails and Will Always Fail Read More »
Many of you already know that as of August 15, 2020, that I left Talbot School of Theology as a full-time professor (you can read why in my post “Why I’m Leaving Talbot School of Theology”). So you won’t be surprised to hear that since May 13, 2019, when I found out I would be
Leaving Talbot? What’s Next for Us? Read More »
